PAYE collection beats target for first time in four years

Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) Commissioner-General Adan Mohammed.

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Tax collections from workers’ earnings have surpassed the National Treasury’s target for the first time since the 2021/22 financial year, ending three consecutive years of underperformance.

Pay-As- You- Earn (PAYE) receipts rose 7.01 percent to Sh599.8 billion in the year ended June 2026, the Treasury says in a fresh report, exceeding the government’s Sh592.1 billion target by Sh7.7 billion.

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